On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 00:34, sam wun wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > >However, once I'm in sysinstall, I'm out of luck. > > > > > Have you tried the following options: > " usbd", "Enable USB daemon (detect USB attach / detach) ? I don't even have the system installed. I know the keyboard will work fine once I get things up and running, but I have to get there first. > > >I tried disconnecting the keyboard at boot time to see if I could get a > >serial console to do the installation, but that didn't work. The > >console was still detected as internal video. Any ideas on how I can > >get FreeBSD on this machine (Dell OptiPlex GX280)? Thanks. > > > > > > > I m surprised the serial mode doesn't work. > I believe you need to change one of the tty device in the /etc/tty file > to enable serial mode. Yes, once I get things up and running, I can start a getty, but for now, I just need to get the OS installed. I think I need to make floppies with a boot.config file that tells FreeBSD to use the serial console. I think I'll give that a shot. Joe > > Sam. > > >Joe > > > > > > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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